rare birds records

New species of Naurzum Reserve. In northern part of Kazakhstan Pygmy Cormorant previously was recorded at October 6th, 1998 in Kulykol lake (Pynnonen, 1999), about 180 km to west from the point of new record. Also singles or group of 2-80 birds were regularly observed in Kurgaldzhin Reserve since 2001.

Second photo record of Long-billed Dowitcher in Kazakhstan. The first one was recorded in Sorbulak lakes too at September 7th, 2014 (Fedorenko, Isabekov, Dyakin, 2014). Group of birdwatchers with Peter Kennely also watched this bird in Sholak lake near Kurgaldzhino village at May 15, 2005, but unfortunately no evidence of this record was provided.Орнитологический вестник Казахстана и Средней Азии, вып. 3, Алматы, 2014: 211-212